An Oregon woman hoping for a fresh start in a new state was left paralyzed from the waist down after being crushed by a piano in a freak accident last month.
Danielle Drummond, 28, was moving a piano when her friend who was helping her lost her grip and dropped “the entire upright piano” on top of her. WOIO reported.
Drummond, who had recently moved to the Beaver State from Ohio, was taken to the hospital for emergency surgery, where doctors discovered that the accident had “severed” his spinal cord and left him “paralyzed from the waist down.” did.
“I’m trying to stay strong because I know this is my life, but it’s hard,” she told the magazine. “At the moment I need more physical therapy. I have to rebuild my strength.”
Following her injury, Drummond said she would need extensive rehabilitation and in-home medical assistance, which was made even more difficult by the fact that she was living in a van with her dog, Lotus.
The 28-year-old has no family in Oregon to care for her and is currently looking for a place to live.
In her current condition, a return to her hometown of Cleveland seems impossible.
“I don’t even know how I’m going to get home, I don’t know how I’m going to get medical supplies. I don’t feel like I can drive that far or fly that far right now,” Drummond told the outlet. Ta.
Her sister, Rosie Hayne, gofundme This is to help your loved one find a place to live and pay for medical expenses.
“Our hearts are completely broken. My baby sister means the world to me,” Hayne wrote.
“A very strong and wise woman, down to earth and humble, whose aura reflects her beautiful soul. We will get through this with lots of prayers and positive guidance. We will get through this. She is in God’s hands, hold her close!”
Ms Hayne revealed that her sister had fractured T11 and T12, the two lowest vertebrae in the thoracic spine.
The surgery also required doctors to perform a fusion “from T10-L2” to improve the stability of Drummond’s spine.
In a May 1 update, his sister wrote that Drummond was “moving very well in his hospital wheelchair,” but still needed to find his own wheelchair and a place to live.
“She wants to make it clear that she never expects to be able to walk again. She has accepted the reality of her situation. But she has great spirit and an overall positive outlook. I am focused on what I can do.”
The accident left her in a wheelchair for the rest of her life, but Drummond said she was “hopeful” that future medical advances might allow her to walk again.
